Joy Amodu Inset Danjuma
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested
a 27-year-old security guard, Joy Amodu, for
allegedly torturing her 10-year-old cousin,
Foziya Danjuma.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Amodu, allegedly
beat up her niece for bedwetting on February
29, 2014.
Our correspondent learnt that the victim was
tortured for several hours before she fell
unconscious.
According to the police, the suspect used a
spatula to beat the 10-year-old and inserted
Aboniki balm (methyl salicylate ointment)
inside her private parts and her eyes.
It was alleged that the suspect also inflicted
teeth bites all over the girl’s body.
Our correspondent learnt that after the girl
fainted, her aunt rushed her to a hospital in
the Ajah area, but she was rejected.
It was learnt that Amodu then took her niece
to a military hospital on the Victoria Island,
but the victim was referred to the Military
Hospital, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi.
It was at the military hospital that a non-
governmental organisation, Hands that Care,
took over the case and reported it to the
police.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide,
expressed shock over the incident, describing
Amodu’s action as wicked.
She said, “On February 29, 2014, the police at
Onikan Division got information that a little
girl was in one hospital in critical condition.
The officers went there and found the victim
with her face and hands swollen as a result of
beating.
“The victim was later referred to the Military
Hospital, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi for better
treatment.
“An NGO, Hands that Cares, was invited into
the case by a good Nigerian. The NGO said it
would settle the girl’s hospital bills, but called
for Amodu’s prosecution.
“The State Criminal Investigation Department,
Yaba, has investigated the case and the
suspect will be charged to court. We are going
to prosecute the case in collaboration with the
NGO.”
The suspect, while crying profusely, said she
only beat her niece on three occasions.
She said the victim was her uncle’s daughter
and would never attempt to kill her.
“I am very sorry for my action. I did not
envisage what happened. The first time she
wet the bed, I warned her to stop bedwetting
because she is too old for that. She was left
under my care by her father who is my uncle,
so I needed to correct her.
“This is the second time she wet the bed and I
needed to teach her a lesson. As I was beating
her, she passed out.
“She was released to me by her father when I
told him about the strange sickness that used
to hit me because I was lonely and needed a
companion.”
The victim, who was also brought before the
PPRO, could not talk much, but when asked if
she was tortured by her cousin, she nodded in
approval.
National Coordinator of the Hands that Cares,
Mrs. Jacinta Nworie, said the girl was
released to the suspect by her father in Kogi
State because Amodu promised to train her in
Lagos.
“The victim told us that the suspect bit her,
inserted ointment into her private part and
used stick to beat her up.”
It was learnt that the family members were
already pleading that the victim and the
suspect be released to them, saying it was a
family matter.
But a police source said since the victim was
a minor, the government would decide if the
case should be treated as a family matter or
not.
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